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THE<br/>
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CHAPTER 4
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A song describing the beauty of his beloved.
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Behold,</span> thou <i>art</i> fair, my love; behold, thou <i>art</i> fair; thou <i>hast</i> doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair <i>is</i> as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
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Thy teeth <i>are</i> like a flock <i>of sheep that are even</i> shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none <i>is</i> barren among them.
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Thy lips <i>are</i> like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech <i>is</i> comely: thy temples <i>are</i> like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
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Thy neck <i>is</i> like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
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Thy two breasts <i>are</i> like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
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Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
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Thou <i>art</i> all fair, my love; <i>there is</i> no spot in thee.
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&#182; Come with me from Lebanon, <i>my</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="song/4/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Song. 5: 1.">spouse</a>, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
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Thou hast ravished my heart, <sup>a</sup><a href="song/4/9a" mark="a" type="D" title="This form of address is an idiom to express tenderness. See also v. 12.">my</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="song/4/9b" mark="b" type="A" title="Song. 5: 1.">sister</a>, <i>my</i> spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
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How fair is thy love, my sister, <i>my</i> spouse!  how much better is thy love than wine!  and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
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Thy lips, O <i>my</i> spouse, drop <i>as</i> the honeycomb: honey and milk <i>are</i> under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments <i>is</i> like the smell of Lebanon.
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A garden inclosed <i>is</i> my sister, <i>my</i> spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
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Thy plants <i>are</i> an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; <sup>a</sup><a href="song/4/13a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR henna.">camphire</a>, with <sup>b</sup><a href="song/4/13b" mark="b" type="A" title="Song. 1: 12.">spikenard</a>,
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Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
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A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
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&#182; Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, <i>that</i> the spices thereof may flow out.  Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
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